Are the MPD collaborating with ICE?

BY ED FELIEN The roundup of “undesirables” has begun. They will be sent to detention camps. The Star Tribune reported Friday that 26 immigrants had been arrested in Minnesota by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. “The Incarnation Church member arrested on Lake Street last week had lived in the…

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Are we sick of reading about him yet?

BY POLLY MANN People may be sick of reading about him but here’s a small item. The Trump Administration is proposing a $54 billion increase in the arms budget. (I refuse to call it “defense” spending because it is not that.) One of the results is a deficit budget of…

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Reducing health disparities should be a priority

BY LYNN BALFOUR Imagine a city whose policies reduce health disparities rather than create them.  I have lived in the Longfellow neighborhood of South Minneapolis for a little more than 25 years. I’ve worked in the healthcare field for almost 20 years. I support increasing the minimum wage to $15…

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Our Revolution endorses candidates

BY LILY KEIRE, ORMN VOLUNTEER Our Revolution MN (ORMN) DFL endorsed candidates at the March 4th DFL State Central Committee meeting. By working to get progressive candidates in office at all levels of government, ORMN seeks to create a progressive Minnesota that works for ALL people. These candidates are progressives…

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QUEEN OF CUISINE: Welcome Home

BY CARLA WALDEMAR Lake & Irving 1513 W. Lake St. 612-354-2453 www.lakeandirving.com “You Can’t Go Home Again,” the conflicted Thomas Wolfe entitled his final novel. Thank goodness brothers Chris and Andrew Ikeda paid no heed. The Minnesota-born  bros, Culinary Institute of America grads, earned their cooking chops in the fantasy…

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Why should I go to my precinct caucus?

BY ED FELIEN A friend wrote on the Mpls Issues List that he’s discouraged about going to his precinct caucus: “Before, precinct caucuses were in the precincts or very close, but after the caucuses went consolidated, no longer could one walk to a caucus. One would have to drive and…

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NENA plans to pretty us up!

BY STEPHANIE FOX At the February NENA board meeting, three new projects, designed to help residents beautify their neighborhood, were approved. Grants to improve curb appeal, matching grants to create butterfly and pollinator friendly boulevard strips and an expansion of the community garden at St. James Episcopal Church were given…

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Come McMasters of War

BY ED FELIEN Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks   –Bob Dylan…

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Seward Cafe launches donation drive

BY CHARLOTTE COLANTTI The Seward Cafe first opened its doors in October 1974 as part of the new-wave co-op movement that took root in Minneapolis’ West Bank during the early ’70s. The young café started off with a worn jukebox and a simple menu of veggie and meat burgers, with…

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FROM WHERE I STAND: U.S. leads in police killings

BY POLLY MANN The Guardian newspaper claims that it has compiled the most comprehensive database of U.S. police killing ever published. I think it can be assumed that this is as correct as any figures compiled by humans could possibly be. It’s quite shocking and I wish that this information…

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